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- Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Aubrey Dale, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
- Oliver Dixon, commons.wikimedia.org
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rossographer, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Kearney Coastal Walk, KearneyWalking route · 5.4 miExplorer Tom Kearney Coastal Walk is where the oystercatchers hold court and judge your outfit. Locals swear a poet once wrote a…
Kirkistown CastleCastle · 6.5 miExplorer Tom Kirkistown Castle is pretending to be from 1500, but I’m calling its bluff; it looks like a weekend DIY project that…
Tower-house and bawn: kirkistown castle in KirkistownTower-house and Bawn: Kirkistown Castle · 6.5 miExplorer Tom Kirkistown castle in Kirkistown got lost by the Vikings, who were clearly not great with directions back then. It’s the…
Kirkistown Castle Golf ClubGolf course · 6.6 mi
Millin Bay CairnArchaeological place · 7.0 miExplorer Tom Millin Bay Cairn got into a feud with the next village over whose turn it was to collect the mail in 1790. It’s a stone…
Mitchel Park, John Mitchel's GAA, BallygalgetGAA ground · 7.1 mi
Platform rath in BallyfounderPlatform Rath · 7.5 miExplorer Tom Platform rath in Ballyfounder dates from the Early Christian period, so it’s seen more bad hair than I have. It got…
Burial IslandIslet · 7.7 miExplorer Tom Burial Island in County Down is off Burr Point, which is the easternmost point of Ireland, so it’s basically the edge…
Burr PointHeadland · 7.8 miExplorer Tom Burr Point claims Ireland's easternmost mainland title, and I can already hear Cannon Rock offshore objecting. The…
Medieval Church & Graveyard: Ballytrustan; Thrustaynistone in BallytrustanMedieval Church & Graveyard: Ballytrustan · 7.9 miExplorer Tom Thrustaynistone in Ballytrustan was used by Catholics during the Penal Times, designed by a mother-in-law who loved…
Ballyquintin Point Nature ReserveNature reserve · 8.2 miExplorer Tom At the southern tip of the Ards Peninsula, Ballyquintin Point lays out old cobble beaches, saltmarsh and grassland as…
Corrog WoodWood · 8.4 miExplorer Tom Corrog Wood in County Down had a bad poem written about it that rhymed 'trees' with 'deez'. The Woodland Trust has…
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